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Opening Ceremony of 2010 Guangzhou International Bonsai Invitation Exhibition

The 2010 Guangzhou International Bonsai Invitation Exhibition has just ended in the past weekend.   This penjing exhibition, as one of the major cultural events during the Asian Games this year, took “Celebrating Guangzhou Asian Games, Promoting World Penjing Culture” as the theme, and invited many famous bonsai artists across the country and all over the world to exhibit their works.  With the high attendance in the bonsai exhibition and the interest in penjing generated, the bonsai show was a great success.

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On Nov 10, some bonsai friends and I together attended the open ceremony of the exhibition which took place in Guangzhou Dr. Sun Yet-Sen’s Memorial Hall – a significant landmark in Guangzhou.

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In the opening ceremony, besides an award ceremony, there was also a presentation session demonstrated by several excellent bonsai artists.

China Bonsai Show China Bonsai Show

With nearly 800 penjing, the 2010 Guangzhou International Bonsai Invitation Exhibition was the largest bonsai show in Guangzhou ever.  This bonsai show had successfully demonstrated the charm of penjing, particularly Lingnan penjing – an ancient and unique treasure that reflects the essence of Lingnan garden culture.

China Bonsai Show

China Bonsai Show

I will share more photos of these beautiful bonsai very soon. Please wait a little 🙂

China Bonsai Show China Bonsai Show

Besides bonsai, there was also a suiseki exhibition, showing some amazingly beautiful rocks.  I surely will post more photos of this suiseki exhibition in the coming posts.

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How to Keep a Rock Standing in Landscape Penjing

A reader asked how to keep the rock standing in landscape bonsai after reading my post – How to Choose Rocks for Landscape Bonsai.  Here I would like to answer Kamini’s question and show how can we keep a rock standing stably in our landscape penjing.

landscape bonsai rock

Once all the shaping and cutting of the rock for our landscape bonsai are done, we are ready to make a base for the rock.  We make the base out of cement.  First, cover the ground with some newspaper.  Then, we hang the rock with a rope and have it stands with the tip barely touching the ground.  The rock should be standing exactly like how we want it to be in our landscape bonsai.  If we want the rock tilt at an angle, we should make the adjustment now.  We need to get a balance on the size of the cement base.  While we want the cement base to be as small as possible so to have the rock fits in any pot we want, we must make sure the cement base is big enough to support the rock steadily in our landscape bonsai for the years to come.

landscape bonsai rock

Cement dries in a day, at most two.  The photo above shows how the cement base looks like when it is dried.

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Once we have added soil and moss, the cement will not be seen.